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Rugaspidiotinus nebulosus (Ferris, 1938) (Diaspididae: Rugaspidiotinus)

Rugaspidiotus nebulosus Ferris 1938a: SII-171. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Azusa, on Eriogonum fasciculatum, by L.E. Myers. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Rugaspidiotinus nebulosus (Ferris, 1938); Takagi 1983: 8. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Gill1997: pp.253 ( ) [Key to California species of Rugaspidiotus]
McKenz1956: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Rugaspidiotus] Key as: Rugaspidiotus nebulosus
Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rugaspidiotus]

Systematics: Rugaspidiotus nebulosus is closely related to Rugaspidiotinus circumdatus and R. fuscitatis, but the character of the scale, the membranous body, the irregular margin of the pygidium and the arrangement of the pygidial ducts indicate that it is clearly distinct (Ferris, 1938a).
Structure: Adult female scale covers 2.0-2.5 mm long, elongate, flat, white, with yellow terminal exuviae. Male scale covers similar to female but smaller. Scales usually produce white woolly wax secretions (Gill, 1997).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1938a) and Gill (1997).